ITHACA, New York, March 14 -- Cornell University posted the following news: * * * From Lab to Learning: Grad Students Bring Hands-On Science to NYS Classrooms Graduate students at Cornell University are gaining confidence in science communication and bringing hands-on learning into K-12 classrooms across New York State. Through the Graduate Student School Outreach Program (GRASSHOPR), graduate students partner with teachers in Tompkins, Ontario, and surrounding counties, using hands-on materi  more

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- NASA issued the following news release: * * * Meet the Johnson CLPS Team Supporting NASA's Lunar Exploration Goals As part of NASA's Artemis campaign, the Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative, managed out of Johnson Space Center in Houston, is paving the way for conducting lunar science for the benefit of humanity. Through CLPS, NASA teams worked closely with commercial companies to develop a new model for space exploration, enabling a sustainable retur  more

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- NASA issued the following news release: * * * NASA Atmospheric Wave-Studying Mission Releases Data from First 3,000 Orbits Following the 3,000th orbit of NASA's AWE (Atmospheric Waves Experiment) aboard the International Space Station, researchers publicly released the mission's first trove of scientific data, crucial to investigate how and why subtle changes in Earth's atmosphere cause disturbances, as well as how these atmospheric disturbances impact technological sy  more

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- NASA issued the following news release: * * * NASA Super Pressure Balloons Return to New Zealand for Test Flights NASA's Scientific Balloon Program has returned to Wanaka, New Zealand, for two scheduled flights to test and qualify the agency's super pressure balloon technology. These stadium-sized, heavy-lift balloons will travel the Southern Hemisphere's mid-latitudes for planned missions of 100 days or more. Launch operations are scheduled to begin in late March fr  more

PASADENA, California, March 14 -- The California Institute of Technology posted the following news: * * * Pamela Bjorkman and Jim Eisenstein are named Wolf Prize laureates for 2025 Pamela Bjorkman, the David Baltimore Professor of Biology and Biological Engineering; and Jim Eisenstein, the Frank J. Roshek Professor of Physics and Applied Physics, Emeritus; have each been awarded the Wolf Prize in their respective fields. According to the Wolf Foundation, the Wolf Prize "acknowledges scienti  more

GUELPH, Ontario, March 15 -- The University of Guelph issued the following news release: * * * U of G Receives Funding for Four Canada Research Chairs Creating more sustainable materials, predicting infectious disease outbreaks, developing green wastewater technologies and protecting against cyberattacks are the goals of two new and two renewed Canada Research Chairs (CRC) for University of Guelph researchers. This investment is part of more than $308 million in federal funding, $153 million  more